#arestea

Architectural Concept: Cosmological Tectonics The project transcends the boundaries of a mere architectural object, emerging instead as an aesthetic manifestation of space and matter within the urban fabric of Tbilisi. The nomenclature ‘Casa Asteria’—etymologically rooted in the ‘stellar’—is not merely a poetic metaphor alluding to the structure’s luminous, ethereal geometry or its nocturnal exterior aesthetic. Rather, it stands as a literal declaration of the building's material provenance and tectonic essence. Here, architecture is conceived as the organised, rational reorganisation of stardust; every physical component, whether structural framework or surface cladding, is a direct product of ste... More

"E vidi lume in forma di rivera fulvido di fulgore, intra due rive dipinte di mirabil primavera." Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Paradiso, Canto XXX Driven by the aspiration to achieve the materialization of immaterial, to render perceptible the intangible, this generative architectural manifestation grapples with the fundamental question of how finite human consciousness can apprehend the infinite and ethereal. Transcending mere shelter, Fons Aeternae strives to become a spatial expression of transcendence itself. Arestea Drawing inspiration from Neo-Platonic emanation, Fons Aeternae posits existence as a perpetual outflow from a singular, radiant source. Its structures embodying this principle of emanation, suggest both origi... More

The aim of the project is to create a private residential unit with the harmonious relationship between modern living and the natural world and minimal footprint on the environment. Influenced by Greek mythology, as it provides a rich and diverse source of archetypes and symbols, common to mankind, and conveys the universal human experiences through the forces of nature, similarly the proposed architecture strives to express these phenomena through their geometric interpretations (the interpretations of the derivative of a function), which can create a sensory and experiential connection between the building and its users (e.g., the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York by Frank Lloyd Wright inspired by a spiral shell, also resembling a... More

Inspired by nymphaea - ancient Greek and Roman monuments consecrated to the nymphs (especially those of springs) and the isle of Ogygia from Homer's Odyssey, the project seeks to transmit the imagery of classical antiquity through contemporary architectural language. Arestea Ogygia - an island described in Homer's Odyssey, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas, is a place where Odysseus is detained by the nymph for seven years, wanting to marry him, and kept from returning to his home of Ithaca. Arestea The Odyssey depicts Ogygia as an isle from afar over it a fragrance of cleft cedar and juniper wafted, where alder, poplar and sweet-smelling cypress grew, long-winged birds were wont to nest. Fountain... More